Connection and seal for the ends of electric cables.



F. N. BIERGE & E. T. JONES. CONNECTION AND SEAL NOR THE ENDS 0F ELECTRIC GABLES.

APPLIOATIiON FILED 11130.3, 190s.

Patented July 26, 1910.

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UNITED sTATEs PATENT cirrus FRED N. IBIERCE AND EDWARD T. JONES, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNORS 0F ONE-THIRD TO JHARLES W. GERWIG, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

CONNECTION AND SEAL FOR THE ENDS 0F ELECTRIC CABLES specification of Letters Patent. I Patented J uly 26, 1910 Application filed December 8, 1908. Serial No. 466,574.

Vania, have invented a new and useful Im-' proveinent in Seals and Connections for the Ends of Electric Cables, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact 11886111)- tion of' a sealgattached to a junct on box, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a vertical section through one form of connection embodying ourinvention attached to a junction box; Fig. 2 is a vertical section on the line ILL-II of Fig; 1; and Fig. 3 is aperspective view of the packing member. I,

Our invention has relation to a connection for the end of a cable and is designed to provide means of novel and effective character for connecting and sealing. the end of a cable having a series of separately insulated electric wires from exposure to the at mosphere.

The prec se nature of our invention will be best understood by reference'to the accompanying drawings, which will now be described, 1t being premised, however, that changes may be made in the details of construction and arrangement of parts by those skilled'in the art, without departing from the spirit and scope of our invention.

In the drawings, 2 designates a junction box of any well known type, which is provided with a connection board 3 of insulation, such as slate or any other well known insulating material, and & designates a plu rality of binding posts attached to this board-3.

Projecting from the lower end of the box 2 is a boss 5 forming the upper portion of a stuffing box, the other portion of which is formed by the gland 6 provided with a'central orifice 17 and secured tothe box by means of screws or bolts 7. Extending throu h the bottom of the box and concentric with the boss 5 is the orifice 8.

9 is a seat in the boss 5 to receive a disk 10 of insulating material,such as Vulcan ized-fiber, hard rubber or any insulating material. The lower end of this boss or gland is rovided with the conical opening 18. 11 lsa 'seatin the gland 6 to receive a disk l2 siinilar to the disk 10. The gland is also rubber, or other suitable material, which is a non-conductor, flexible, and impervious to moisture.

1 1 is a cable which is composed of a series of insulatedwires 15, provided with a metallic casing 16.

ing member are provided with orifices equal in number and in alinement with the wires 15 of the cable 14. V

The casing 16 is removed from the end of cable 1 1, and the insulation is removed from the wires 15. The end of the'cable is passed through the orifice 17 until the end of the casing is slightlybelow the seat 11. The

properly seal the end of .the gland. The wires 15 are then passed through the orifices in the disk 12, acking member 13 and disk 10, and the through the orifice ;8 in the bottom of the to, the box by means of the bolts 7, which member l? around each of the wires 15, and also to fill all the space in the stuffing box to seal the end of the cable.'- The .free end 'of 20 which lead to any desired point.

The advantages of our invention consist where the separate wires lead to separate points, bymeans of an elastic. member which is compressed in a confined space around each wire, and which will yield .to the expansion and contraction of the various parts caused by varying temperatures; also in the casing of the cable is secured to the junction box, and thereby supporting the cable by means of the casing and relieving the wires of the cable from all strain.

We claim 1. A junction box having an opening therethrough, a cable composed ofa plurality of separate insulated wlres, a metallic casing provided with the .taperedbottom 19, andinterposed between the disks 10 and 12 is a Q packing member 13 which is-made or soft of the disks I'O and 12, and the packjunction box 2. The gland 6 is then securedcasing is then secured to the glandG .by means of solder or in any other manner to ree ends are then passed are drawn tight enough to compress the each of the wires 15 is secured to one of the b nding posts 4, and to the other end of the' binding posts are secured the ends of wires in providing a seal at the end of a cable provision 'of means whereby the metallic surrounding said cable, a stuffing box having a recess therein, one member of the stuifing box being secured to the junction box and the otherlmember thereof being secured to "the end of the cable casing, an elastic mcm her in the'recess of the stuflin'g boxhavmg "anorific' for each of the wires of the cable, ,5 a 'rigid diskof" insulating materialon each end of theelastic member and within the re:

' cess in the stufii box, each ofthe disks 1 having an orifice 1n line with each of the 20 box being secured to the junction box an the. other member bein secured to the end,

of the cable casing an having an annular as e, an elastic member in the recess in the stu box having an orifice for each of the wires of the cable and bolts passing through the flange of the last mentioned stufiing box member. and engaging threaded orifices in the junction box to secure theend of the cable and the stulfing box to the junctlon; box; substantiall as described.

. 3; A junction having a-stuiling box secured thereto provided with a recess, acable composed of a' plurality of separate insulated wires, a mex for the end of a-cable,

- said cable,-astufling box having a recess therein, one membe r of the stufling box being -secured to the" end of the cable casing, arr -50 elastic member in the recess of the stalling box hav'in an orifice for each of the wires of the cab e, a rigid-disk of insulating material on each end of the elastic member and within therecess in the stuflin box, each of the disks having an orificein fine with each of theorifices in the elastic member for the wires of the cable, and means to secure the members of the stufiing. box to each other to comgress the elastic member to seal the end 60 of t e cable; substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, ,we have hereunto set our hands. 7 e

- V FRED NT BIERCE.

' EDWARD T, "JONES. Witnesses:

. Gm. B. liuukmo,

Jesse B. Human. 

